Fernando Torres

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I bloody hope not lol he's sold onto them they pay his wages.

Not the wages but the transfer fee which is amortized on FFP. When he was on loan he was still technically our player even if he won't play another game for us, so the remaining fee was divided between this year's and next year's books. Now, it'll all count in this year's balance on FFP.

[MichaelDance 552]

Not the wages but the transfer fee which is amortized on FFP. When he was on loan he was still technically our player even if he won't play another game for us, so the remaining fee was divided between this year's and next year's books. Now, it'll all count in this year's balance on FFP.

Meh I hate FFP but I suppose we like to keep in their good books so we'd follow it anyway.

[mediator 2,026]

Good bye

[iseah100 5,612]

Hope he can do well at Atletico. My bet is he retires at the end of his contract.

[stroey 2,525]

Happy for him to return home, really wanted to see him back at Atletico in the summer. Think he will do well in a 2 strikers system next to Mandzukic (if they play that)

[Milan 17,955]

At least somewhat happy for him he is coming home...

This is definitely something I will always remember him for, probably his best moment in the Chelsea shirt at least for us supporters.

The sound of glass is stunning

[Jase 43,479]

Can we declare a public holiday for this delightful news? Don't have to worry about him returning anymore!

Also, suspect a particular member here would be absolutely devastated at the news...

[Polo7 3,496]

thank you for everything

Everything? Lol. All he did was rob our football club of thousands every week. Good riddance.

[edetarod 2,155]

Happy for him to return home, really wanted to see him back at Atletico in the summer. Think he will do well in a 2 strikers system next to Mandzukic (if they play that)

but then they still would be playing with 1 striker

[OhForAGreavsie 6,060]

If Torres should play against us in Europe, I hope no one will boo him. He should never have been signed, we know that. Once he was signed he should not have been selected as often as he was. We know that too, but none of this was his fault. Promises were made to Torres in order to persuade him to join. The club the decision to bring him here and the club made those promises. This entire mess is the club's fault. I hope we will continue to show up other clubs in the way we treat our ex-players with respect.

[Fernando 6,585]

I can't believe it, Ex-blues.

Oh how I dreamt this moment

[illmatic 901]

May 2014:

Costa in Atletico and Torres with us.

Six months later....

Costa with us and Torres in Atletico.

The life take many turns....... many good turns, guys .

[OhForAGreavsie 6,060]

Not the wages but the transfer fee which is amortized on FFP. When he was on loan he was still technically our player even if he won't play another game for us, so the remaining fee was divided between this year's and next year's books. Now, it'll all count in this year's balance on FFP.

I wonder if it's reasonable for us to speculate that the club must have negotiated some sort of compensation for this? Reading between the lines of some authoritative sounding news items, it seems Milan were paying €3.1m of Torres's annual salary, with Chelsea obviously picking up the rest. Maybe Torres has agreed to wave at least a part of what he's owed by Chelsea in order to make this deal happen. If so that would be our payback for agreeing to take an £18.2m hit in this season's FFP numbers rather than £9.1m this season and £9.1m next.

It doesn't really matter much either way since we would have had to pay the full amount eventually but I'm sure there was a point in the negotiations when Marina looked across the table and asked, "What's in it for us if we sign off on this deal?" Hopefully the answer was a million or two off the total bill.

[lionsden 4,689]

I never thought this day would come. The longest 3.5 years ever but goodluck to him.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Any Transfer fee or are we letting him for free?

TBH i don't blame Milan wanting no transfer fee with his form

Good luck back in Spain Nando